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yes, that’s right - solid and stable, encrypted and free…give it a try …these guys at ciphire in germany have come up with a nitwit-proof email encryption tool that’s ffnc (free for noncommercial use) and runs on windows, mac os and linux (all stuff that ibm, hp, sun and oracle don’t actually make)…from ciphire, “compatible with all email clients using standard SMTP, POP3, or IMAP4 (including SSL/TLS variants and STARTTLS support)” …there’s a more detailed goobery explanation of how it works at new scientist…

but for those of you with the attention span of a cockatiel, here’s the skinny-as-uma version, “Ciphire, developed by Ciphire Labs in Munich, Germany, uses a technique called “public key cryptography” to sign and encrypt email messages. Once loaded on to a computer hard drive the software performs all of the complex tasks involved behind the scenes…It intercepts email after the “send” button is pressed but before the email leaves the computer, and intercepts incoming email before it is formally received by the email program, making it virtually invisible to the user…automatically manages the creation of a set of public and private cryptographic keys, simply prompting the user for a password from which the keys are generated. The public key is sent to Ciphire’s servers and the private one is stored safely on the user’s machine…Each time a message is sent Ciphire checks with its servers to see if the recipient already has their own public key. If they do, the program uses this to encrypt the message…If the recipient does not have a key pair the program simply “signs” a message - this key allows the recipient to confirm an email’s authenticity but does not protect it from eavesdroppers.”

…very saucy, ms. bernaise…what will those germans think of next?…something this cool maybe?

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